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Land and Climate Grant Program is sponsored by Land Trust Alliance (supported by Doris Duke Foundation and Volgenau Foundation). This program supports the development of climate-informed land conservation, stewardship, policy, or communications plans addressing issues such as habitat resilience, carbon mitigation, renewable energy siting, or community adaptation to climate impacts.
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Land and Climate Grant Program - Land Trust Alliance Connect with conservation professionals across the country online! Join our online conversations on topics ranging from stewardship, communications, community-centered conservation and more. The Land Trust Alliance supports our land trust members and Affiliate members to connect, grow and learn.
Open Space Institute and the Land Trust Alliance partner to present the Land and Climate Grant program to support the development of climate-informed land conservation, stewardship, policy or communications plans.
The program supports the development of climate-informed land conservation, stewardship, policy or communications plans that address one or more of the following issues: habitat resilience, carbon mitigation, renewable energy siting or community adaptation to climate impacts such as stronger storms, flooding, drought, fire or extreme heat.
Projects aim to achieve one or more of the following deliverables: Incorporate climate science into new or existing strategic conservation plans that target land protection for climate adaptation or mitigation. Incorporate climate science into land stewardship or management plans to address adaptation and/or mitigation strategies.
Develop a comprehensive climate communication strategy that promotes the adaptation and mitigation goals of the organization and its conservation or stewardship plans. Develop a plan, decision matrix and/or policies to guide organizational engagement with renewable energy siting on conservation lands and/or in service areas.
The program encourages proposals that address the disproportionate burdens of a changing climate and environmental harms on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and low-income communities. This program is made possible through support from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Volgenau Foundation. In the last five years, the Land and Climate Grant Program has distributed more than $1.
6 million to support 133 climate-informed land conservation plans in 35 states and Puerto Rico. Applicants may employ a variety of climate science and mapping and planning tools in their projects, and OSI and the Alliance do not require the use of specific datasets or approaches. We welcome the use of diverse forms of knowledge in project proposals, including Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous science.
Recommended data sources and approaches include, but are not limited to: Check out examples of conservation plans, story maps and communications products completed by Land and Climate Grant awardees. Learn more about how these resources were created in the webinar recording below. https://vimeo.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Land trusts and other conservation organizations. The Land Trust Alliance generally supports its member land trusts. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows varies (up to $100,000 for Member Collective Grants, $40,000 for Priority Campaign Grants). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Land and Climate Grant Program is funded by Land Trust Alliance (supported by Doris Duke Foundation and Volgenau Foundation). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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